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Numbers 35:3

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And cities shall they have to dwell in,.... For them and their families, and indeed for nothing else, they having no trades nor worldly business to carry on in them:and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle; for stables and stalls to put them up in, and for barns and storehouses to lay in provender for them:and for their goods; where to bestow them, as the increase of their fields, oliveyards, and vineyards, see Lu 12:18and for all their beasts; or living creatures; or "for their whole life" ; or livelihood, whatsoever was for the support of it; the Targum of Jonathan adds, by way of explanation, for all their necessities; and so Jarchi.

Mtyh lkl "ad vitam ipsorum". Vid.

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